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YouTube co-founder searching for his next success

Jawed Karim, the co-founder of YouTube is spending his time in a more focused way than going on a vacation or sharpening up those gaming skills. He is scouring the twin cities in the Mid-West for the more...
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Start-Up Offers a Way to Pay Workers Abroad - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com

Payoneer enables businesses to pay freelancers, contract workers or salaried employees with a prepaid MasterCard card that payees can use to withdraw cash from an A.T.M. and as a debit card in stores and more...
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iSkoot acquires Social.IM

VoIP provider and a startup iSkoot, who has friendly ties with carriers because it uses their networks for completion of its calls, is acquiring the social networking based IM provider Social.IM for an more...
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VC Scoreboard: Cleantech shines bright

The 2007 edition of the EETimes Venture Capital Scoreboard is revealing that the $2.6 Billion of VC investment in 168 transactions shows the spotlight on the current darling of VCs: Cleantech and photovoltaics more...
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100 Closed Beta Invites for Startup Newz readers (limit 100)

We're trying to open up the world of internet radio and would like to invite Startup Newz to give us a test drive. You can sign up at the link with this post and use the following invite code: startupnewz. more...
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Evaluating a Startup Opportunity? Here are 5 Rules ...

Chris Fisher walks you through 5 rules of estimating the potential of a startup: beginning with getting the TAM right, identifying the market discontinuities, timing is everything (still), having a very more...
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